UKPSC Current Events of State, National and International Importance — Previous Year Questions

This page has 44 solved questions on Current Events of State, National and International Importance across 2 papers (2024–2025). Every one is solved below — open a question for the answer, why it is right, and why each wrong option was written to tempt you.

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1. 2025Q27What was the key focus of the Waqf Amendment Bill introduced in April, 2025?Answer: B
2. 2025Q28Which programme was approved by the Union Cabinet in April, 2025 to develop border villages?Answer: B
3. 2025Q29What was the primary objective of the ‘Poshan Pakhwada’ event observed in April, 2025?Answer: B
4. 2025Q30ISRO’s module re-entered the atmosphere and impacted the Indian Ocean on April 4, 2025. Name the module.Answer: B
5. 2025Q31In March 2025, the Indian Government announced the merger of how many Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) under the “one state, one RRB” initiative?Answer: C
6. 2025Q32A key focus of Viksit Bharat Yatra is to disseminate information and facilitate access to which of the following areas?Answer: C
7. 2025Q36Which Singapore-based student won the Breakthrough Junior Challenge Award in April 2025 for the work in mechanogenetic cellular engineering?Answer: A
8. 2025Q38In January 2025, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights appealed for how much funding to support human-rights work worldwide?Answer: C
9. 2025Q40The United Nations has designated the year 2025 as the International Year of which scientific field?Answer: B
10. 2025Q42Which one of the following is incorrect about Uttarakhand’s first nano-fabrication facility for semiconductor research set up by I.I.T. Roorkee?Answer: B
11. 2025Q43Which one of the following is incorrect about the event ‘Surya Dev Bhoomi Challenge’ organised by the Indian Army and the Uttarakhand Government?Answer: B
12. 2025Q44What is the title of Pope Francis’ autobiography, released in January 2025?Answer: B
13. 2025Q45Which international summit did Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend in Bangkok in April 2025?Answer: C
14. 2025Q46Which historic site in Jamaica faced threats from coastal erosion and storm surges, prompting UNESCO to launch a conservation project in early 2025?Answer: A
15. 2025Q47Which one of the following is incorrectly matched about festivals/exhibitions/expos held in Uttarakhand in 2025?Answer: D
16. 2025Q48After the successful completion of the 38th National Games in Uttarakhand, India is preparing itself to host ____ Olympics.Answer: B
17. 2025Q50Where was the closing ceremony of the 38th National Games held?Answer: B
18. 2025Q53Who among the following received the Padma Shri Award in 2025 for social work from Uttarakhand?Answer: C
19. 2025Q133Where was the first Asian Mayors’ Conference held in Uttarakhand in 2006?Answer: C
20. 2024Q42Which of the following is NOT one of the UNESCO Creative Cities from India?Answer: D
21. 2024Q88‘Malogam’, the polling station with only one voter during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, falls in which state?Answer: C
22. 2024Q90“Prawasi Bharatiya Diwas” (PBD) or NRI Day is celebrated in India every year on which date?Answer: B
23. 2024Q91In March 2024, who created history as the first woman sniper of the Border Security Force (BSF)?Answer: C
24. 2024Q92What is India’s rank in the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index 2024?Answer: D
25. 2024Q93Mission “Divyastra” is related to which of the following?Answer: A
26. 2024Q94In February 2024, which bank raised US $ 300 million through its first ever sustainable-finance bond issue?Answer: A
27. 2024Q95Besides Urdu poet Gulzar, who is the other recipient of the 58th Jnanpith Award?Answer: C
28. 2024Q96The Government of India has extended the O-SMART scheme till 2026. The scheme primarily aims atAnswer: D
29. 2024Q97Prior to Jyoti Aree, the record of oldest Indian woman to scale Mount Everest was held byAnswer: B
30. 2024Q98In which city were the 37th National Games inaugurated in October 2023?Answer: C
31. 2024Q99How many Gold Medals did India win in the 19th Asian Games, Hangzhou 2023?Answer: A
32. 2024Q100In February 2024, who became the first Indian citizen to receive an Honorary Knighthood from the United Kingdom’s King Charles III?Answer: B
33. 2024Q101Which film won the Best Animated Feature Film award at the 96th Academy Awards?Answer: A
34. 2024Q102Daniel Kahneman, who passed away in March 2024, received the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his contribution to which field?Answer: D
35. 2024Q103Who won the first prize in the National Youth Parliament Festival 2024?Answer: B
36. 2024Q104Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, who has broken the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, belongs to which country?Answer: D
37. 2024Q105Which Indian city was added to UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the ‘City of Literature’ category in 2023?Answer: C
38. 2024Q106The first International Summit on the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Military was held in which country?Answer: D
39. 2024Q108Which of the following books won the 2024 International Booker Prize?Answer: B
40. 2024Q109In March 2024, which company acquired the educational platform ‘Udacity’?Answer: C
41. 2024Q110Nivedita Karki, honoured with the Teelu Rauteli State Level Award 2023, is associated with which sport?Answer: D
42. 2024Q111The Election Commission of India announced seven phases for General Elections 2024. In which phase were elections held in Uttarakhand?Answer: A
43. 2024Q116The train for the Manaskhand Corridor Yatra was proposed to start from which railway station?Answer: C
44. 2024Q118Which of the following new games have been approved by the International Olympic Committee for the Los Angeles Olympic Games 2028?Answer: A